Cisco Is Set to Unveil Upgraded Switching
Cisco Systems Inc. has been taking a lot of potshots from competitors lately. But the biggest name in networking equipment is planning a counterstrike.
On Tuesday the Silicon Valley giant is expected to announce an overhaul of its most popular product, a switching system called the Catalyst 6500 that it estimates has generated $42 billion in revenue since 1999.
The hardware is a mainstay for linking computers together on corporate networks—and a big target for competitors such as Hewlett-Packard Co., whose rivalry with Cisco has become increasingly intense. Cisco, which is unveiling the new technology this week at a company event in Las Vegas, hopes to keep customers from defecting by offering them an easy way to upgrade.
